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News.blog: Microsoft plans new Windows Mobile

News Microsoft hopes to eventually replace its current Windows Mobile 5.0 with its next-generation mobile OS, according to the report. Earlier this month, however, Microsoft received its largest Windows Mobile OS deal, when the US Census Bureau...

26 April 2006, 10:23

Microsoft may launch apps store for Windows Mobile

News Earlier this year, Microsoft released version 6.1 of the Windows Mobile operating system. It looks as though Microsoft is joining Apple and Google in the mobile 'apps store' market. Responsibility for the business model and key elements that will...

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1 September 2008, 11:56

Microsoft ends Windows 98 support

News As of Tuesday, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates or provide support for Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition, which are still being used by more than 50 million people. Eight years after launching Windows 98, Microsoft is finally...

12 July 2006, 10:46

Microsoft puts finishing touches to Office

News In addition to those and other changes that have been known for months, Microsoft noted that it has also added a feature to Outlook to make it easier to send text messages to mobile phones. Microsoft said on Monday it has finalised the code for...

7 November 2006, 9:21

Microsoft grapples with attack on MSN Korea site

News Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 security update is not vulnerable to the flaw. Microsoft has discovered an apparent attempt by hackers to steal user information from its South Korean MSN Web site and has taken action to repair the problem.

3 June 2005, 10:58

Microsoft's Zune: social butterfly?

News Microsoft's forthcoming Zune player is striving to be the life of the party, allowing users to create mobile social networks and stream music to nearby friends or strangers, according to a US government regulatory filing.

29 August 2006, 9:15

Motorola to use Windows and iTunes

News Nokia has helped set up mobile-phone software firm Symbian, which competes with Windows Mobile, Microsoft's technology for handsets. Mobile handset manufacturer Motorola has announced that it is integrating Microsoft's digital rights management...

14 February 2006, 10:45

Microsoft set to unveil Windows Mobile 6

News Microsoft plans on Monday to officially announce Windows Mobile 6, formerly code-named Crossbow, at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona. We hope to be 100 per cent compatible," said John O'Rourke, a general manager in Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded...

8 February 2007, 9:16

Microsoft and Nokia link with Live services

News Earlier this month, Nokia also said it had licenced Microsoft's PlayReady mobile digital rights management technology. Microsoft on We look at where the market is," said Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of Microsoft's online services business.

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23 August 2007, 11:34

News.blog: Windows Mobile update due on 1 April

News Microsoft is getting ready to take the wraps off the latest version of Windows Mobile, according to a report out on Tuesday. Pocket Lint is claiming that Microsoft will release Windows Mobile 6.1 next

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26 March 2008, 9:21

Making the case for Windows on Palm handhelds

News A senior Palm executive says his company could benefit from building a mobile computing device that runs on the Windows operating system made by once-bitter rival Microsoft. Still, despite the costs, Burden said that Palm execs may feel they need...

12 August 2005, 10:43

Window Mobile fit with Flash

News Microsoft has licensed Adobe's Flash Lite and Reader LE software for its Windows Mobile platform. Microsoft's licensing of the Flash Lite plug-in means that Windows Mobile phones will soon support both Adobe's software and Microsoft's own rival...

Tags: lite, reader, adobe, windows mobile

18 March 2008, 9:22

Palm does Windows

News The move unites two companies, Palm and Microsoft, that have been significant rivals in the market for software that powers handhelds and other mobile devices. Palm for some time had been entertaining the notion of a Windows-based device to woo...

27 September 2005, 10:28

Microsoft: Zune phone 'not unreasonable'

News To date, the focus of Microsoft's mobile phone business has been providing its Windows Mobile software to handset manufacturers, but the company said an integrated business model of making both device and software could make sense.

5 September 2007, 10:16

Microsoft unleashes smartphone assault

News Mobile phone network operator Orange and equipment maker Sendo have separately announced the first handsets featuring Microsoft's new platform for mobiles, called Windows Powered Smartphone 2002. Microsoft also makes Pocket PC Phone Edition, a...

22 October 2002, 19:00